Anthony & Joe Russo
Anthony (left) and Joe (right)
Profession	Directors

Anthony & Joe Russo are directors of multiple episodes of Arrested Development.

Biography

Anthony Russo and his brother Joe Russo were born one year apart and are a writing, directing, and producing team on all projects they work on. They were both born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Case Western Reserve University where they began their careers in directing. After Steven Soderbergh saw their student film he approached the brothers and offered to produce their next film, Welcome to Collinwood which stars William H. Macy, Sam Rockwell, and George Clooney.

From there, the brothers began taking more and more jobs in sitcoms, including the first episode of Arrested Development. Anthony directed four other episodes, and Joe nine.

Since Arrested Development, the brothers have directed the Owen Wilson film You, Me, and Dupree and have worked on a plethora of TV shows including LAX, What About Brian? and Mitchell Hurwitz's Running Wilde. Most notably are the sitcoms Community and Happy Endings which the brothers produce and direct episodes of.

Awards

• 2004
  • Won "Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series" Emmy for Arrested Development's "Pilot".

Episodes Directed

Both

• Season One
  • "Pilot"

Anthony solo

• Season One
  • "Top Banana"
  • "Key Decisions"
  • "The Immaculate Election"
  • "Spring Breakout"

Joe solo

• Season One
  • "Bringing Up Buster"
  • "In God We Trust"
  • "Pier Pressure"
  • "Marta Complex"
  • "Shock and Aww"
  • "Missing Kitty"
• Season Two
  • "Hand to God"
  • "Motherboy XXX"
  • "Meat the Veals"

See also

• Anthony Russo at IMDb.com
• Joe Russo at IMDb.com
• Russo brothers at Wikipedia.org